Improvement in washing-machines



G. W. FAGAINES.

Washing-Machines. I N0.138,387, PatentedApriI29J873.

AM. momumasRAPH/c ca Mrmmrme's Pnacsss) UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. FAGAINES, OF SHELBY, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TOJOHN'OO'IFNER, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASHING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 138,387, dated April29, 1873; application filed 7 March 22, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Geo. W. FAGAINES, of

' Shelby, in the county of Itichland and State of Ohio, have invented anew and valuable Improvement in WashingMachines; and I do hereby declarethat the following is afull, clear, and exact description of theconstruction and operation of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawing making a partiof this specification and to the lettersand figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of; the drawing is a representation of a front view of mywashing-machine, broken away to show working parts. Fig. 2 is an endview, and Fig. 3 a detail view, of the same.

My invention relates to that class of washing-machines in which a largefluted roller revolves in connection with a concave bed of rollers; andit consists in an extension bottom in connection with fastening devices,whereby the machine may be attached to tubs of differcnt sizes.

In the drawing, A represents a tub with my machine attached to two ofits sides by means of the extension bottom and fastening devices. Saidiastenin g devices consist of bars or brackets, B, made of wood ormetal, in the form shown in Fig. 3, having a slot, 1), runninglongitudinally, and a perforated lug, c, at each end for screwing thebracket to the tub. The extension bottom consists of two bars, D D,placed one under the other, and held together by keepers d or metallicstraps attachedto the upper bar D and bent under the lower bar D, asshown in Fig. 2. A thumb-screw, 0, passes through a hole in the upperbar D, and through a slot, f, in the lower bar D, engaging with a nut,9, working below the slot f, so that the lower bar D may slidelongitudinally and be held at desired points by means of the screw 0 andnut g. The brackets B are attached to two opposite sides of the tub, andthe bars D D are extended so that their ends engage with the brackets,and then tightened by means of the screw and nut. By this arrangementthe machine may be attached to tubs of different sizes, and securelyheld in position. To the board D are attached two standards, H H, inwhich the rollers are journaled. The concave bed of rollers I issituated near the bottom, with a roller, J, on each side under thehighest portion of said bed. The large fluted roller K is journaled inblocks 1, from which extend upward rods m, surrounded by spiral springsn, and passing through holes in the end of a bar, 0, which work in slotsh in the upper portions of the standards H. The blocks 1 work inmetallic boxes L attached to the standards, and having slots in theirouter sides, through which the ends of the journals protrude, and which,with corresponding grooves in the standards H, serve as guides forkeeping the journals in a vertical line of travel as the roller K risesand falls with the pressure of the clothes under it. The tension of thesprings n is regulated by set-screws passing through the top rail whichconnects the standards, and bearing upon the upper side of the bar 0.The guides for the clothes passing between the rollers consist ofmetallic plates P secured to the edges of the standards to prevent theclothes clogging the ends of the rollers.

WVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The extension bottom, consisting of the bars D D, placed one under theother, and held together by the keepers d, in combination with thefastening-brackets B, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE WASHENGTON FAGAINES.

Witnesses:

J AOOB WEISER, JOHN KAHL.

